Orenda Fink
Ask the Night [ Saddle Creek / CD - released 23/Nov/2009 ] If 'Folk Rock' had a face, it would look something like Orenda Fink. With writing as powerful as her voice, it's no wonder her latest endeavour simply entrances. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
The Complete Beethoven Symphonies, Concertos & Overtures Claudio Otelli (bass-baritone), Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano), Hasmik Papian (soprano), Manfred Fink (tenor), Stefan Vladar (piano), Claire Rutter ( [ Naxos / 12 CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] Triumphing over deafness and turbulent political times, Ludwig van Beethoven singlehandedly changed the course of music history, laying down the foundations for the Romantic era. His nine symphonies grew out of the forms established in the time of... |
MAHLER
Bernarda Fink sings Mahler Lieder Bernarda Fink (mezzo) & Anthony Spiri (piano) / Gustav Mahler Ensemble & Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Andrés Orozco-Estrada [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Jun/2014 ] An exciting exploration of the sources of Mahlerian inspiration. Can one really grasp the whole of Mahler's symphonic output without knowing his songs? Not only do they extensively irrigate the first four symphonies, often known as 'Wunderhorn... |
Fink
Biscuits For Breakfast (LP) [ Ninja Tune / LP - released 8/May/2006 ] "a brooding power reminiscent of a stripped down Nick Cave. A leftfield delight." - OBSERVER MUSIC MONTHLY "John Martyn with added digital traces… stunning." - UNCUT 4/5 "a brooding power reminiscent of a stripped down Nick Cave. A leftfield... |
Fink
Bloom Innocent [ R'COUP'D / CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] Over the course of almost 20 years as a recording artist, Berlin-based musician Fink has plotted an eclectic and unconventional route through his hugely successful music career. He has produced, recorded and written for various multi-platinum selling... |
Fink
Bloom Innocent (Deluxe Sleeve White Coloured LP) [ R'COUP'D / 2 LP - released 25/Oct/2019 ] Over the course of almost 20 years as a recording artist, Berlin-based musician Fink has plotted an eclectic and unconventional route through his hugely successful music career. He has produced, recorded and written for various multi-platinum selling... |
GRANDOS / RODRIGO / NIN / GUASTAVINO / GINASTERA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Canciones amatorias Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] 'Enthusiasts for song recitals should certainly investigate this disc, which offers one beautiful song after the other, running the gamut from elegant art songs to simple, folk-like tunes' (Fanfare) |
GUASTAVINO / FLEURY / BUCHARDO / PIAZZOLLA / CARRILLO
Canciones Argentinas Bernarda Fink (mezzo) / Marcos Fink (baritone) / Carmen Piazzini (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] 'A devastating selection of Argentinian songs from Bernada and Marcos Fink' (BBC Music Magazine Choral/Song recording of the Month May 2006) |
RODRIGO / de FALLA / GRANADOS
Canciones españolas Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Anthony Spiri (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "Fink is one of the song repertoire's most complete polyglots...these performances are idiomatic and thrilling." (The Sunday Times) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 18: BWV191, BWV63, BWV123, BWV65, BWV154, BWV32, BWV 124 Magdalena Kožená, Bernarda Fink, Michael Chance / James Gilchrist / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 16/Dec/2010 ] "With 10 top-flight soloists, it brings this awe-inspiring project to a powerful end." The Independent on Sunday, 31st October 2010 |
W.A. MOZART
Cosi fan tutte (Complete opera) Bernarda Fink (soprano) Veronique Gens (soprano) Werner Gura (tenor) Marcel Boone (baritone) / Concerto Koln / Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Mozart Edition / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2005 ] "The bite and clarity of the orchestral playing are revelatory...Once again, this greatest of operas amazes and beguiles. We scarcely need another recording...but this is one I would not willingly be without, especially because of the singers'... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50 Mark Padmore, Sally Matthews, Kate Royal, Bernarda Fink, Andrew Staples / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] "You can really tell that Rattle loves this work. His approach is full of affection - listen to the care he lavishes on the stunning ending of Part Two - but also architectural breadth." (MusicWeb) |
TRADITIONAL / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / JOAQUIN TURINA / MANUEL de FALLA
Alhambra, a musical tour Alain Planes, Albert Guinovart, Bernarda Fink, Javier Perianes / Atrium Musicae de Madrid / The Dufay Collective / Orquesta Ciudad de Granada [ Harmonia Mundi Resonances / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] From the Arab conquest to the 20th century, Granada was at once the centre and the object of intense musical creation, embodied in the emblematic Alhambra Palace and its gardens, the subjects of musical fantasies of all kinds. It was a fascination... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (complete opera) Christian Gerhaher, Magdalena Kožená, Bernarda Fink, Franz-Josef Selig / London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live SACD + BLU-RAY AUDIO / 4 Hybrid SACD - released 6/Dec/2017 ] "Rattle maintains both a clear pulse in individual scenes and a through line which positively celebrates Debussy's and Maeterlinck's radical intercutting of scenes of varied physical and emotional locations in the central acts." Gramophoe |
W.A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (Complete opera) Daniel Behle, Marcos Fink, Maris Peterson, Sunhae Im / RIAS-Kammerchor / Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "I suspect I shall reach for this new recording as often as any, for its bubbling, crackling theatricality and an eager, yet unforced, sense of fun." Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Opera |
W. A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (highlights) [with FREE Harmonia Mundi catalogue] Daniel Behle, Marcos Fink, Maris Petersen, Sunhae Im / RIAS-Kammerchor / Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD/Book - released 15/Jan/2015 ] Now reissued with FREE Harmonia Mundi catalogue |
J.S. BACH
Easter Cantatas BWV6 & BWV66 Bernarda Fink, Steve Davislim, Michael Chance, Mark Padmore / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque, Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Players, John Eliot Gardiner |
HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Eichendorff-Lieder Stephen Genz (baritone) RogerVignoles (piano) with Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] 'What makes this disc so special is the very obvious enthusiasm of everyone involved' (BBC Music Magazine) |
BRAHMS
Lieder Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] "In heartbreak or happiness, this distinctive singer is a delight in Brahms...Harmonia Mundi's superb vocal recitals this month are totally different. And yet all are united by an emotional honesty on the part of the singer. Bernarda Fink's tone is... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Mar/2008 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (July 2002) |